no matter where you live in america, children come first. the great thing about our country is parents sacrifice some of their present in order to help their kid's future. the number one public safety measure for children in america today is to ban assault weapons. they have been used to cause great harm. never again. we also have to deal with these high-capacity ammunition magazines that go with them. we can do this. we're americans and it's high time the people be heard. >> ifill: but if the public opinion is change anecdote frael what you observed, why is it gun sales have gone up so markedly in the days since this last shooting? >> well, i think it's, obviously, an issue where some people who want to have these particular weapons have run out to buy them. i think that just should be an alarm bell to all of us that we must prohibit the sale and possession in the futureuf assault weapons, as well as high-capacity ammunition magazines. this law that was passed in 1994, that, unfortunately, expired in 2004, here we are in the 21st century, l